Chinanews client, October 29. Beijing time, October 28, Barcelona announced that the coach of the B team Serge Barjuan would temporarily take over the first team after Coman was relieved of his position as head coach.
Dutch coach Koeman became Barcelona's coach in August 2020. He led the team in 67 games and achieved 40 wins, 11 draws and 16 losses. He scored 141 goals and lost 77 goals.
Koeman led Barcelona to the Copa del Rey last season, but only ranked third in La Liga and stopped in the last 16 in the Champions League.
This season, Barcelona have 4 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses in La Liga with 15 points, ranking only ninth.
In the last round of La Liga, Barcelona lost to rival Real Madrid 1:2 at home. In this round of the league, they lost to newly promoted Vallecano 0-1 at home. In the end, Barcelona decided to let coach Coman out of class.
Baljuan will attend the press conference with team chairman Laporta, the former will lead the team until the new coach takes office.
According to foreign media reports, former Barcelona midfielder Harvey has become a popular candidate to replace Koman.
Serge Barjuan is 49 years old. Since the 1993-94 season, he has played 386 times for the Barcelona first team, scored 11 goals, and won 9 championship trophies, including 3 La Liga titles, 2 Copa del Rey titles, 2 Second Western Super Cup champion, 1 European Cup Winners Cup champion and 1 European Super Cup champion.
Barjuan also coached Zhejiang Greentown from 2017 to 2019, leading the team in 48 games, with a record of 21 wins, 15 draws and 12 losses.
Barjuan became the coach of the Barcelona B team in July this year, leading the team in 9 games, with a record of 3 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses.
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